What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolmore is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolmore, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope beside Coolmore House and a golf course to the south. The ringfort measures 38 metres from east to west, but landscaping has changed its interior and edge. A small storage building stands in the centre, steps are built against the bank in the east and southwest quadrants, a gravel walkway crosses the ditch in the southeast quadrant, and an ornamental bridge touches the bank in the south-southeast sector.
On a gentle S-facing slope in undulating terrain in grounds of Coolmore House, with golf course to S. Ringfort (diam. 38m E-W) has been landscaped with small storage building built in centre of interior. Monument is enclosed by a bank, largely reduced to scarp (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.9m) and fosse (Wth 3.4m; D 1.54-2m). Steps to the interior have been built up against the bank in the E and SW quadrant, with a gravel walkway in the fosse in the SE quadrant and a small ornamental bridge against the bank in the SSE sector.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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